Impact of Animal-Assisted Therapy for Outpatients with Fibromyalgia

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-51

  Marcus, Dawn A ^a   Bernstein, Cheryl D ^a   Constantin, Janet M ^a   Kunkel, Frank A ^a   Breuer, Paula ^a   Hanlon, Raymond B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinically meaningful pain relief; Complementary therapy; Mood; Satisfaction; Therapy dog; Waiting room

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOG; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; OPEN STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WAITING ROOM;

EID: 84872500681     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01522.x     Document Type: Article

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